MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.61% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	224% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 05:15
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 80.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 298 87% 164 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 946 95% 773 Pts	64-Core 1455 90% 1455 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Diamond(1092 5750) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.61% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 10.1 9% 11.7 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 8.9 Splatting 8.2 7% 9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.61% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 733 546 514 538 540 538 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,693 Write 1,614 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 568 289% 1,291 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 83.3 276% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 348 385% 646 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 277%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 12GB free Firmware: 401020WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 412 Write 484 Mixed 239 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50 180% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 255 219% 324 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4WL.M8FE1 2x8GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 33 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 33.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,768x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,291x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16